Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-22
TIE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
a Nan WiIh Ead Record Prociai1ns It's
Proximity.


A smzu, well educated, deeply read
Hebrew; man WHO has command Of
seven or eight languages, ii not more; 4
plausible, oily, smooth and iGsinuating
rascal, came to Sacramento early in the
year and pretended TO runa "Passiglossic
POlytechnicon Insti.u.e.' His namewas
Dr.. Leo BeTson, and he soon ingratiated
himself into the good ggaCes CT several OF
our prominent citizens, whose children
he intended 10 instruct in the modern
languages. In fact, he had formed
clsss with that especial object in view,
and was getting along swimmingiy whep
the Bee was given such Information upon
his artecedents, record and character as
c u ed it 70 investigate still further. TIE
result was a complete expose, which ep-
peaged in this paper on March 26 last
The article fully aud entirely
proved DR.. Leo Bsrs0n to be
dangerous and thoroughly unscrupu-
/ l0u5 sdventurer, man who had
/ been ell things to al men; who had
changed his religions as often es he had
/ his coats; who had been an uDgrateful
/ parasite wherever he had wandered; who
mad bit the hand that tea him and in
tamOusly sl&ndered woman whom he
! had robbed; his career from Palestine
! or whateyer place had the misfortune Of
witnessing his biTth-to San Diego, was
/ one long record of deep laid schemes to
/ clilch the credulOuS. Neither that article
nor any portion thereof has been de-
MED by DR.. Berson, nor will it be. He
| IS too cunning to place himself in the
! position of denying that which is suscep.
/ ceptble Of proof, and of which the Bee
has ample evidence. Notwithstanding
| this expose, Dr.. Leo Bersou did not
| finch, and not blush Cver5pread the
sallOw cast OF his c0untena1ca. His
pupils were taken away from him,
as he was elected from his beard
irg house, ana the doors that had
been open to MIA we're closed.
With gall equal to an African ostrich,
he crept along in his insinusting way
weaving his webs to catch other flies
His gaze has lately fallen upon promI-
nent merchant. BerSon took advantage
of the credulity Of mis- dupe uutil the lat
ter came to look upon him almost as a
second savior. Berson was introduced
into the merchants family, installed in
his house, appointed tutor over his chill.
dren, who were tsken out of the public
school, end has ever since been proving
upon The generosity and the pocket OF q
msn whom he would swindle tomorrow
If he thought it would be to his advant-
age. The merchant took the viper com
pletely under his protection, and was his
, bscker in every lecture that the consum-
mate fraud has given in this city for some
time.
Berson is continually influencing the 81.
ready excited brain OF his victim with
wonderful stories about the end Of the
world, and very often he gives weird and
mysterious calculations of what he claims
to have been divinely translated to him
These gatherings frequently last unit
3 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, and are at.
! tended by few others besides the infatu
ated merchant. At the meetings thi:
5 shrewd rascal breaches to his deludet
e flock that the world will come to an enc
e in six months, that only IA, geo souls viii
be saved, and that these must be il